H(104), stomach pains (mavavio ya ndeu), Minor abdominal pains without diarrhoea or other symptoms. A few leaves are boiled, but before boiling they are pounded with a stick so that the juice will mix witht thewater more quickly; 5 leaves give one dose. The fresh leaves can also be chewed, for example, if the stomach ache starts to trouble someone during a safari in the forest; in this case, 3 leaves of the size of about 7 x 7 cm are enough. Tamutamu 'helps the food to move on through the stomach , but may also cause vomiting.The remedy is taken one

Ethnomedicine of the Kagera Region, north western Tanzania. Part 3: plants used in traditional medicine in Kikuku village, Muleba District
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2012, 8:14 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-14
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/14

Symptoms:H(106)

Recipes:

H(107) typhoid fever, juice of fruits of Physalis peruviana is used for treatment of typhoid

Region: East Africa

Country: Tanzania (Muleba District)

Vernacular name: ntuntunu (Kikuku)

Reference HM 58

Author:Mabogo, D.E.N.

Title:

The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
MSc Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990) appendix from the Thesis

Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 136, 236–245, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111002960

Herbal medicine use in the districts of Nakapiripirit, Pallisa, Kanungu, and Mukono in Uganda
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 8:35 ( 2012)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/pdf/1746-4269-8-35.pdf

Symptoms:H(014), H(037), H(051), H(104)

Recipes:

H(014, 1) whitlow, H(037, 1) pneumonia, H(051, 2) paludism, H(104, 3) abdominal pain, leaves are the most commonly used plant organ, roots and stems are also used, the medicines are mostly prepared as water extracts or as decoction and administered orally

Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 140, 298– 324 (2012)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112000347

Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 140, 298– 324 (2012)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112000347

Symptoms:H(104)

Recipes:

H(104) fruit, leaf of Physalis peruviana in infusion as an enema to relieve abdominal, ailments in children